The mission collected samples from an asteroid 200 million miles away. NASA revealed on Wednesday that "the building blocks of life on Earth" may have been found in an asteroid sample collected from ...

Update: On Sept. 24, OSIRIS-REx’s sample return capsule separated from its parent craft and reentered the atmosphere, touching down in the Utah desert. NASA retrieved the samples and secured them in a ...

On Sept. 24, 2023, part of the asteroid belt hit Earth — safely under parachutes and inside a capsule. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer — ...

NASA's pioneering OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully returned from its journey to the asteroid Bennu. The robotic spacecraft briefly set down on the celestial body in a first-of-its-kind attempt (by ...

Dugway • A NASA capsule returning more than 200 million miles from the surface of asteroid Bennu, which scientists hope contains clues to the origins of our universe, landed among the sand and scrub ...

The first asteroid sample collected in space by NASA arrived on Earth Sunday, Sept. 24, and there are multiple events leading up to its landing. NASA’s live coverage of the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, ...

The team had hoped for 60 grams, and without even accessing the bulk sample, they're already at 70.3. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

"OSIRIS-REx has been so successful because we continue to pay attention to the details." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's the ...

UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE—Yes, it came from outer space. An extraterrestrial express delivery package from afar has landed safe and sound on Earth, bringing a multimillion-mile journey billions of ...

OSIRIS-REx is due to make its return to Earth on Sept. 24. Here's everything you need to know about the mission and what it may reveal about the beginning — and the potential end — of life on Earth.